Varaha Purana 148.1: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 1
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
अथ स्तुतस्वामिमाहात्म्यम् ॥ सूत उवाच ॥ गोनिष्क्रमणमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ॥ विस्मयं परमं गत्वा सर्वरत्नविभूषिता
atha stutasvāmimāhātmyam || sūta uvāca || goniṣkramaṇamāhātmyaṁ śrutvā guhyam anuttamam || vismayaṁ paramaṁ gatvā sarvaratnavibhūṣitā
Nun (beginnt) die Verherrlichung Stutasvāmins. Sūta sprach: Als sie den unübertrefflichen, geheimen Bericht über das goniṣkramaṇa (das Herausführen der Kühe) vernommen hatte, geriet sie—mit allen Juwelen geschmückt—in höchstes Staunen.
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It marks a formal transition into a named māhātmya unit, a common Purāṇic editorial structure used to frame local traditions, pilgrimage networks, and ritual narratives.
No explicit toponym appears in this opening line; it introduces the Stutasvāmin-related section whose geography is typically clarified in subsequent verses.
By foregrounding goniṣkramaṇa, it gestures toward pastoral stewardship and the cultural value placed on protective practices around cattle within Purāṇic discourse.
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